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I have already added a total of 75 gallons of 10% liquid chlorine in the last 8 days, and still only have a FC of 1. I did manage to maintain a CYA from Saturday-Monday of 40, but that was after adding 6lbs CYA at the beginning of the week, then another 6lbs on Friday/Saturday, but I have not...

Adding, after reading about others being unable to retain FC levels, could this possibly have been an ammonia issue? Water was clear when I opened pool, but there was a lot of sediment at the bottom. I had a tarp-like winter pool cover, closed end of September 2020. My CYA prior to closing (I...

Sorry for the long post, but I do not want to repeat last year! I would really like to actually enjoy my pool this year! Last year we had a huge battle with mustard algae, and thought we had killed it all before we closed our pool. Opened on Friday May 21. Water was clear, but the bottom was...

Liquid. I grew up with pools all my life, and my dad has used liquid chlorine only for 20 years, it has always worked well for him, so I followed suit. This is just my second year being a pool owner all by myself.

We weighed the pros and cons! We fought algae all year last year. We would super chlorinate, which would bring pH and alkalinity up, have to reduce it, our chlorine demand was so high we couldn't maintain a level, so by the time the pH and alkalinity were stable, we were repeating over again...

First time opening pool. I bought a plate for the skimmer, and a winterizing plug (white that screws into the return). When I put the plug in, I remember the return coming out in two pieces, but when I removed the plug and went to put the return back on this morning there was only one piece. It...

Hello all! This is my second year owning a pool, first year opening. 33ft round above ground with 56" side wall, but it's slightly deeper on the inside. We installed last year, and after several months of trials and tribulations and thousands of dollars in pool chemicals finally got everything...